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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. 

The P'ouxdatiox, and the Founder. 

The Johns Hopkins University was founded by the 
munificence of a citizen of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins, who 
bequeathed the most of his large estate for the establishment 
of a University and a Hospital. It was intended that these 
institutions should cooperate in the promotion of medical 
education. 

The foundation of the University is a capital, in land and 
stocks, estimated in value above $3,000,000 ; the foundation of 
the Hospital is not less in amount. The gifts are free from 
ecclesiastical and political control. The University foundation 
is without conditions, except that the capital cannot be used 
for buildings. 

Johns Hopkins was a native of Anne Arundel Co., Mary- 
land, of English stock, whose ancestors were members of the 
Society of Friends. His life was chiefly spent in mercantile 
and hnancial business in the city of Baltimore, where he died 
December 24th, 1873, ^^ ^^e age of 79 years. His large 
property was the result of his sagacity, integrity and perse- 
verance, continued through a long life, in a prosperous and 
growing community. 
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The Trl'stees. , | 

Ihe Trustees are twelve citizens of Baltimore, incorporated 
in accordance with the General Laws of the State of Mary- 
land, August 24, 1867. On the 6th of February, 1874, they 
entered on the administration of the trust confided to them 
by the last will and testament of Mr. Hopkins, and on the 
i8th of March, 1875, they received from his executors the 
principal part of the University bequest. Nine of the Uni- 
versity trustees are also trustees of the Hospital. The names 
of the Board are as follows : 

George William Brown, \Villiam Hopkins, 

Galloway Cheston, Reverdy Johnson, 

George W. Dobbin, Francis T. King, 

John W. Garrett, Thomas M. Smith, 

Charles J. M. Gwinn, James C. Thomas, 

Lewis N. Hopkins, Francis White. 

The President of the Board is Galloway Cheston ; the 
Treasurer, Francis White; the Secretary, William Hopkins. 

The Organization. 

The Trustees began their work by visits to other colleges 
and universities, and by correspondence with well-known men 
of letters and science in different parts of this country. On 
the 30th of December, 1874, they elected as President of the 
University, Daniel C. Oilman, who had been for several years 
a professor in Yale College, and was subsequently, from 1872 
to 1875, President of the University of California. He en- 
tered upon his duties May i, 1875, ^^"^^ spent a portion of 
the following summer in visiting some of the educational 
foundations of this country and Europe. 

Since the autumn of 1875 the Trustees have been maturing 
their plans, deciding upon the general principles to be fol- 
lowed, selecting some of the teachers, purchasing books and 



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apparatus, and providing lecture-rooms and laboratories. They 
have decided that the first year of instruction, commencing 
October 3, 1876, shall be a preliminary year, in order that 
the views of the Faculty may be considered on many mat- 
ters of detail, and that experience may be acquired by a 
further study of the problem. Accordingly they propose to 
expend on instruction during the first year less than one-third 
of their present income. 

In the first annual Report, published in January, 1876, the 
following statement is made : 

"Here it is only necessary to place on record the desire 
that the University now taking shape should forever be free 
from the influences of ecclesiasticism or partizanship, as 
those terms are used in narrow and controversial senses; 
that all departments of learning— mathematical, scientific, lite- 
rary, historical, philosophical— should be promoted as far as 
the funds at command will permit, the new departments of 
research receiving full attention, while the traditional are not 
slighted; that the instructions should be as thorough, as ad- 
vanced, and as special as the intellectual condition of the 
country will permit; that the glory of the University should 
rest upon the character of the teachers and scholars here 
brought together, and not upon their number, nor upon the 
buildings constructed for their use; that its sphere of influ- 
ence should be national, while at the same time all the local 
institutions of education and science should be quickened by 
its power; and finally, that among the professional depart- 
ments, special attention should be first given to the sciences 
bearing upon medicine, surgery and hygiene." 

Buildings, Books, and Apparatus. 
Prior to the construction of the permanent University build- 
ings at Clifton, the proposed site in the neighborhood of 
Baltimore, temporary lecture-rooms are provided in Howard 
Street, next to the Baltimore City College. 



In addition to the usual lecture-rooms and class-rooms, an 
assembly room, a library, and reading room, and spacious 
laboratories in Physics, Chemistry and Biology, well equipped 
with the best apparatus, will be provided. 

Books, Journals, and Apparatus for the immediate needs of 
the University have been liberally ordered. In addition to 
the University resources, the Peabody Library, a well-chosen 
collection of 60,000 volumes, is open daily for reference and 
study. 

Charges for Tuition. 

The charge for tuition is SSo per annum ; laboratory ex- 
penses may be to some extent an additional charge. Fcr 
special instructions in a single branch of science or for per- 
mission to attend single courses of lectures, special fees will 
be announced from time to time. 

Calendar. 
The instructions will begin October 3, 1876, and close in 
the following June. Short recesses may be expected at the 
Christmas holidays, and in the spring. 

The Academic Staff. 

The Academic staff will be composed of four classes : 

1. The President and Professors, — giving their whole 

time to the promotion of science and literature in 
this University. 

2. The Lecturers, many of whom are Professors in other 

Colleges, and who give courses of lectures during a 
part of the year in this University. 

3. The Associates, who are younger men, — some of them 

independent teachers and some Assistants to the vari- 
ous Professors. 

4. The Fellows,' who are recent College Graduates still 

pursuing (on a foundation here provided) their ad- 
vanced studies. 






PRESIDENT. 

DANIEL C. OILMAN. 

A. B., Yale, 1852: A.M., Yale, 1855: LL. D., Harv. and St. J., 1876: Prof, in Yale Coll., 
1863-72 : Pres. Univ. of California, 1872-75. 

PROFESSORS. 

1. GiLDERSLEEVE, Basil L. Greek. 

A. B., Princt., 1849 ; A. M., Princt., 1852 ; Ph. D., Gott., 1853 ; LL. D., \Vm. and M., 
1869 ; Prof, of Greek, etc., in Univ. of Va., 1856-76. 

2. Martin, Henry N. Biology, 

M. B., Univ. of Lond., 1871 ; Dr. Sc, Univ. of Lend., 1872 ; A. B., Univ. of Camb., 
1874; Fellow and late Lect. on Nat. Hist., Christ Coll., Cambr.; Fellow of 
Univ. Coll., Lond. 

3. Morris, Charles D Latin and Greek. 

A. B.; A. M.; late Prof, in Univ. of N. Y., and previouslj' Fellow of Oriel Coll., 
Oxford. 

4. Rem SEN, Ira Chemistry. 

M. D., Coll. of Ph. and Sur,?.,N. Y., 1867: Ph. r>., Gott., 1870 ; Prof of Chem., Wnis. 
Coll., 1872-76, ancl previously Assist, in Chem. Univ. of Tubingen. 

5. Rowland, Henry A Physics. 

C. E., Reuss. Polyt. Inst., Troy, 1870 ; Assist. Prof, in the same, 1872-75. 

6. Sylvester, James J Mathe7natics. 

A. M., St. J.'s, Univ. of Canib.: F. R. S.; Corr. Mem. Inst. France; LL. D., Univ. 
of Edinb., 1871; late Prof. Math. Royal Mil. Acad., Woolwich. 

lecturers. 

1. Billings, John S History of Medicine. 

A. B., Oxf., O., 1857; A. M., Oxf., O., igfiO : M. D., Gincin., 1860; Assist. Surg. 
U. S. A.; in the Surgeon-General's Officp, U. S. A., Wash. 

2. Child, Francis J. .... English Philology. 

A. B., Harv., 1846; A. M., Harv., 1849 : Ph. D., Gott., 1854 ; Prof, in Harv. Univ. 

3. CooLEY, Thomas M Law. 

LL. D.; .lustice, and late Chief-Justice of Mich.; Prof, of Law. Univ. of Mich. 

4. HiLGARD, Julius E N'ational Surveys. 

Assist, in charge U. S. Coast Survey ; Pres. Am. Asso. for Advancement of Science, 
1875-76. 

5. Lowell, James R. . . . . Modern Literature. 

A. B., Harv., 1838; A. M., Harv., 1841 ; D. C. L., Univ. of Oxf., 1873; LL. D., Univ. 
of Camb., 1874 ; Prof, of Mod. Lit. in Harv. Univ. 

6. ^La.llet, John W. . . . Technological Chemistry. 

A. B , Trin. CoH. Dub., 1853; Ph. D., Gott., 1852; M. D., Univ. of La., 1868: LL. D., 
Wm. and M., and Univ. of Miss., 1872 ; Prof, in the Uuiv. of Va. 
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Lecturers. — Continued. 

7. Xewcomb, Simon .... History of Astronomy. 

B. S., Harvard, 1S5S ; LL. D., Yale, 1S75 ; Prof, of Math. U. S. Navy, attached to 
U. S. N. Observ., Wash.; Pres. Am. Assoc, for Advancement of Science, 
1ST6-TT ; Corr. Mem. Inst, of France. 

8. Rabillox, Leoxce French. 

Bach, es Lettres, 1832, and Licencie en Droit, 1836 ; Univ. of France. 

9. Walker, Francis A. . . . Political Economy. 

A. B., Amherst, 1860 ; A. M., Amherst, 1863 ; A. M., Yale, 1873 ; Pli. D., Amhei st, 
1875 ; Prof, in Sheff. Sci. School, Yale Coll.; Sup. U. S. Ceuaus of 1876. 

10. AVhitney, William D. . . Cojnparative Philology. 

A. B., Wms., 1S*5: A. M., Wms., 1848 ; Ph. D., Bresh, 1S61 ; LL. D., Wms., 1S6S : 
Wm. and 31., 1869 ; St. Audr., 1874 ; Harv. 1876 ; Prof, in Yale Coll. 

ASSOCIATES. 

1. Brandt, Herman C. G German. 

A. B., Hamilton, 1S72 ; Assist. Prof. Mod. Lang, in Hamilton Coll , 1874-76. 

2. Brooks, ^YILLIAM K Xatnral History. 

A. B., Williams, 1870 ; Ph. D., Harv., 1875. 

3. Cross, John M Lati^i and Greek. 

A. B., Princeton, 1867; A. M., 1870 ; Tutor in Princeton ColL, 1873-76. 

4. Elliott, Aaron M Languages. 

A. B., Haverford ; A. B. Harvard, 1868. 

5. Morse, Harm an X Chemistry. 

A. B., Amherst, 1873; Ph. D., Gottingen, 1875. 

6. :\Iurray, Thomas C. . . . Shemitic Language. 

A. B., Williams. 1869; A. M., Williams, 1876. 

7. RiDGWAY, Robert Natural History. 

Collaborator in Nat. Hist, of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 

8. ScoTi, Austin History. 

A. B., Yale, 1869 ; A. M., Univ. of Mich., 1870 ; Ph. D,, Leipsic, 1873 ; late Instructor 
in Hist. Univ. of Michigan. 

9. Story, AYilliam E Mathematics. 

A. B., Harv., 1871 ; Ph. D., Leips., 1875 ; Late Tutor of Math, in Harv. Coll. 

10. Tyler, Arthur W. Library. 

A. B., Amherst, 1867 ; A. M., Amh., 1870 : late Assist. Librarian, Astor Lib., N. Y. 

11. Uhler, Philip R Natural History. 

Librarian of the Peabody Inst., and President of the Maryland Acad, of Sciences. 



Physics. 



FELLOWS. 



1. Adams, Herbert B History. 

A. B., Amherst, 1ST2 ; Ph. D., Heidelberg, 1S76. 

2. Adams, Henry C Political Science. 

A. B., Iowa College, 1874. 

3. Clark, Samuel F. .... Natiwal History. 

Assistant in Zoology, Yale College. 

4. Craig, Thomas Mathematics. 

C. E., Lafayette, 1875. 

5. Gore, Joshua Mathematics. 

C. E., University of Virginia, 1S75. 

6. Halsted, George B Mathematics. 

A. B., Princeton, 1875 ; Fellow in Mathematics, Princeton. 1875. 

7. Hart, Edward Chemistry. 

S. B., Lafayette, 1874; Instructor in Chem., Lafayette Coll. 

8. Hering, Daniel W Engineering. 

Ph. H., Yale, (S)iefBeUl S. School,) 1872. 

9. Iles, Malvern W Chemistry. 

Ph. B., Columbia, (Sch. of :\Iines,) 1875. 

10. Jacques, William W Physics. 

S. B., Mass Inst, of Teclinology, 1876. 

11. Lanman, Charles R Philology. 

A. B., Yale, 1871 ; Ph. D., Leipsic, 1875. 

12. Means, U. McGregor .... Political Science. 

A. B., Yale, 1S68. 

13. Page, Walter, Philology. 

A. B., Rand. Macon, 1875 ; Assist. Prof, of Greek, Rand. JIacon. 

14. Preston, E. Darwin Engineering. 

A B., Cornell, 1876. 

15. Rice, Henry J Natural History. 

S. B , Cornell, 1876. 

16. RoYCE, Jo SI AH Literature. 

A. B., Univ. of California, 1875. 

17. Savage, A. Duncan Philology. 

B. Lltt., University of Virginia. 

18. SiHLER, Ernest G. Philology. 

Concordia, 1869. 

19. VanVorst, Frederick B. . . Ethics and Metaphysics. 

A. M., Princeton, 1875 : Fellow in Ztletaphysics, Princeton, 1875. 

20. Wheeler, John H Philology. 

A. B., Harvard, 1S71 ; A. M., 1875. 



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ACADEMIC RECORD OF THE PROFESSORS. 

The following sketches of the academic history of the resi- 
dent professors may serve to introduce them to the citizens 
of Baltimore. 

PROFESSOR GILDERSLEEVE 

Comes to Baltimore from the University of Virginia where 
he has been a Professor of Greek since 1856, and for live 
years a Professor of Latin also. His early training was 
received at Princeton where he graduated in 1849. He sub- 
sequently studied in Gottingen, (with Professors Lane and 
Child of Harvard,) and was there admitted in 1853 ^^ ^^^ 
degree of Ph. Dr. The College of William and Mary con- 
ferred on him the degree of LL. D., in 1S69. He is the 
author of a series of Latin text books designed for school 
use, and has edited an edition of Persius. An edition (^f 
Justin Martyr with notes, etc., is about to be published ; and 
it is understood that he has been long engaged upon a 
treatise on Greek Plistorical Syntax. Various contributions 
from his pen have been printed in the Southern Review and 
other periodicals. 

PROFESSOR MARTIN 

Was invited to the Johns Hopkins University from the Uni- 
versity of Cambridge in England, where he is still a Fellow 
of Christ College. He won repeated honors as an under- 
graduate of University College, London, — in different branches 
of Natural Science ; and was graduated a Bachelor of Science 
in 1870, when he was awarded the University Scholarship 
in Zoology and Comp. Anatomy, and a Bachelor of Medicine 
in the University of London, in 187 1, and a Doctor of Science 
in the year following, — his special department being Animal 
Physiology. In 1870 he became a member of the University 



of Cambridge and received the degree of B. A. in 1874, 
having, in 1873, stood first in the Natural Science Tripos. 
He is also a Fellow of University College, London, and has 
been a Lecturer on Natural Science at Christ College in the 
University of Cambridge. He was associated with Professor 
Huxley in the preparation of a Manual of Biology, published 
in 1875 ^y Macmillan & Co., and soon to appear in a revised 
edition. 

PROFESSOR MORRLS 

Was called to Baltimore from the city of New York where 
he was a Professor in the University. He is a graduate of 
Oriel College, Oxford, where he also held a Fellowship. For 
some time after his arrival in this country he was the head 
of Trinity School in New York, and afterwards of a private 
Seminary at Peekskill. He is the author of a Grammar of 
Attic Greek and of other text books, and of occasional con- 
tributions to literary journals. 

PROFESSOR REMSEN 

Received his early education in the city of New York, where 
he attended the College of the City of New York, and was 
afterwards graduated as Doctor of Medicine in the College 
of Physicians and Surgeons. He then spent five years in 
the study of Chemistry in Germany. After graduating as 
Doctor of Philosophy in the University of G'ttingen, he was 
engaged as an Instructor of Chemistry in the University of 
Tubingen. On his return to this country he became Professor 
of Chemistry and Physics, in Williams College, Mass., where 
he remained from 1872 until his call to Baltimore in 1876. 
Many of his Chemical papers may be found in the American 
Journal of Science, and in the Journals of Chemical Science 
published in Germany. He has prepared for the press an 
American edition of Wohler's Organic Chemistry, and has 
nearly ready for publication an original work on Theoretical 
Chemistry. 



PROFESSOR ROWLAND 

Is a Graduate (C. E.) of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
of Troy, of the year 1870, and was subsequently Assistant 
Professor of Ph3^sics in that Institution. He \\3.s previously 
for a short time a member of the Shemeld Scientific School 
in New Haven. His original investigations on Magnetism, 
attracted the notice of Prof. Clerk Maxwell of Cambridge, 
Eng., by whom they were communicated to the Lond., Dub. 
and Edinb. Phil. Magazine. Subsequent researches of his 
have been printed in that journal and in the American Jour- 
nal of Science and Arts. During the year 1875-6, he was 
engaged in part, in scientific researches in the laboratory (^f 
Professor Helmholtz, of the University of Berlin, and in part, 
in examining other laboratories, and in purchasing physical 
apparatus for the Johns Hopkins University. 



PROFESSOR SYLVESTER 

Comes to Baltimore from London, having recently given up 
his position as Professor in the Royal Military Academy at 
Woolwich. His collegiate training was received at St. John's 
College in the University of Cambridge, where he was Second 
Wrangler in 1837, and subsequently M. A. The degree of 
LL. D. was conferred upon him in 187 1, by the L'niversity 
of Edinburgh. He has been admitted to the honors of many 
of the European Academies, including the Royal Society of 
London, of which he is a Fellow ; the Institute of France, of 
which he is a Corresponding ]Member in the Academy of 
Sciences ; the Academies in Berlin, St. Petersburg, Milan, 
Naples, Gottingen, etc. He received the Gold Medal of the 
Royal Society in 1861. 

Pie holds a foremost rank among living mathematicians, 
being the author of a large number of mathematical papers, 
the titles of which may be found under 114 numbers in the 



"Index to Scientific Papers published by the Royal Society," 
in 1864. In early life, he was for a short time Professor in 
the University of Virginia, and subsequently in University 
College, London. 

Perhaps the most remarkable of Mr, Sylvester's papers is 
the trilogy which he presented to the Royal Society in 1864. 

Todhunter, in his "Treatise on the Theory of Equations," 
speaks of this work as follows: "Newton enunciated a rule 
respecting the number of positive, negative, and imaginary 
roots in an equation, which remained without demonstration 
until the recent researches of Professor Sylvester, who estab- 
lished a remarkable general theorem which includes Newton's 
rule as a particular case." "If w^e consider the intrinsic 
beauty of the theorem, the interest which belongs to the rule 
associated with the great name of Newton, and the long lapse 
of years during w^hich the reason and extent of that rule 
remained undiscovered by mathematicians, among whom Mac- 
laurin, Waring, Euler, and Gauss are explicitly included, we 
must regard Prof. Sylvester's investigations as among the most 
important contributions to the Theory of Equations in modern 
times, justly to be ranked with those of Fourier, Sturm and 
Cauchy." 



MODES OF INSTRUCTION. 

There will be much diversity in the modes of instruction ; 
lectures, recitations, laboratory practice, field w^ork, examina- 
tions, will be employed as means of discipline, according to 
the discretion of the several professors. It is not intended 
to prescribe a four years course, but to adopt the instruc- 
tions to the requirements of individuals. In general. Uni- 
versity methods of government and instruction will be followed 
rather than Collegiate. Unw^orthy members of the institution 
will be promptly deprived of the privileges of attendance. 



Special students will be received in special departments of 
study. For those who desire to win the honor of an academic 
degree, — a matriculation examination, prolonged and regular 
attendance upon the exercises of the University and satisfac- 
tory final examinations will be indispensable. The time requi- 
site for taking a degree will depend upon individual progress; 
those who come to the University already w^ell advanced in 
their attainments may offer themselves for the final examina- 
tions as soon as they are prepared. More particular state- 
ments upon all these points will be made from time to time. 
For those w^ho desire it,, definite courses of study in lan- 
guage, literature, mathematics and the various branches of 
science will be carefully arranged and prescribed ; — but in 
all cases the authorities will require that the candidate for 
admission shall be suthciently mature both in character, and 
in attainments in knowledge, to profit by the opportunities 
here provided. 

The laboratories of Chemistry, Physics and Physiology are 
spacious and provided wdth new^ and excellent apparatus. 

The University will not provide lodgings or board for its 
scholars ; but excellent places can be found in private families 
and boarding houses in the City of Baltimore. A Registry 
of such accommodations is kept at the University. 

In facilities for advanced study the University will be 
strong from the beginning, in the departments of Mathema- 
tics, Languages, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. It is 
expected that in other branches the University will be brought 
up to the same standard at an early date. 

As a preliminary indication of the instruction to be given, 
the following statements have been been prepared. 

Mathematics. 

Owing to the absence of Prof. Sylvester, no detailed state- 
ment is made at present concerning the work in the depart- 
ment of Mathematics, but opportunities will be afforded to 



any one to prosecute mathematical studies to any extent. 
Full information in regard to the course will soon be set 
forth. 

Philology. 

In the department of Philology, the Johns Hopkins Uni- 
versity offers, in the current year : 

I. Liinited courses of lectures on subjects of literary and 
scientific interest. 

These lectures are instituted, partly in order to present 
the general outlines of wider ranges of study, partly in order 
to give the results of investigation within narrower bounds. 

II. Special personal instruction in exegesis of authors and 
in systematic study of the various philological disciplines. 

III. The direction of individual research in language and 
literature, and the organization of the more advanced students 
into associations for mutual incitement and common effort. 
Especial regard will be had to the necessary conditions of 
American philological w^ork ; and the promotion of the his- 
torical study of language and literature wdll be the chief aim 
of the philological department of the University. 

Biology. 

The w^ork in this department will be carried on in two 
divisions ; one suited for beginners^ the other for advanced 
students. Dr. H. N. Martin, late of the University of Cam- 
bridge, England, will have charge of the department. 

I. — Elementary Course. 

This is intended for students who have already obtained 
some knowledge of Chemistry and Physics, wdsh to acquire 
some acquaintance with Anatomy and Physiology, whether 
intending to pursue the study farther or not. The whole 

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course will take about a year, and will commence with lectures 
and laboratory instruction in General Biology, illustrative 
of the fundamental facts which have been established in 
animal and vegetable Morphology and Physiology. This will 
be followed by special courses in Physiology, Embryology 
and Comparative Anatomy. All the instruction will be made 
practical so far as possible, so that besides acquiring a know- 
ledge of the leading ideas of modem biology, the students 
will gain an acquaintance with the methods and instruments 
employed in modern biological research. 

This course of instruction will not be completely organized 
until next spring ; but arrangements will be made to assist 
students wishing to commence work before that time. 

II. — Advanced Courses. 

In this, the arrangements will be adapted to the require- 
ments of those who have already gone through some such 
preliminary training as that sketched above for the elemen- 
tar}' course ; and only those v>;ho have already gone through 
some such course, or who afford evidence in some other 
way of having a knowledge of the subject they wish to work 
at, will be permitted to undertake the advanced work. wSpecitic 
instruction will be given to these students ; they will be pro- 
vided with all the laboratory requisites for original research, 
and will receive assistance and guidance in their work. The 
Physiological laboratory will be fitted up with the instru- 
ments and appliances required in Physiological investigation ; 
and in the Morphological department, arrangements will be 
made, so far as possible, to supply material to those wishing 
to investigate the anatomy or development of any special 
group of animals or plants. In fact, every possible facility 
will be supplied to those desirous of carrying on research. 

In the course of the winter Prof. Martin will give a course 
of lectures on Animal Physiology ; and arrangements will be 
made for the delivery of lectures on other biological subjects 
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Chemistry. 

A spacious and commodious Chemical Laboratory is now 
building on the University premises. It \vi\\ be well equipped 
with the best arrangements and apparatus, and every facility 
will be given for the prosecution of Chemical study, under 
the direction of Professor Remsen and his associates. 

I. — Eleinentary Coiirse. 

For ordinary students, there will be lectures on Inorganic 
and Organic Chemistry ; daily exercises in the Laboratory ; 
qualitative and quantitative analysis. 

11. — Advanced Coiirses. 

For advanced students, there will be lectures on special 
topics, as Theoretical Chemistry, &c. ; advanced Laboratory 
Work; Preparation of Chemical Compounds, inorganic and 
organic; Combustion of Organic Compounds; investigations 
in some branch of Chemistry ; Reading and discussion of 
original memoirs in English, German, French, &c. 

Physics. 

Convenient rooms have been provided for instruction in 
Physics, and the best modern instruments have been pur- 
chased by Professor Rowland in Europe. 

I. — Elemejitary Course. 

General Physics: two lectures and two class exercises 
weekly, beginning with Elementary Mechanics, Pneumatics, 
Hydrostatics, Acoustics, Optics, and continuing with Heat, 
Electricity and Magnetism. 

11. — Advanced Course. 

Special courses for Advanced Students : 

(a) Laboratory practice in experiment and research, 
according to the needs of each student. 



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'(b) Lectures on special points, to be announced from 

time to time, 
(c) Reading, under direction, of special treatises in 

Mathematical Physics, (French, German, &c.) 

Excellent apparatus has been ordered personally from the 
l^est makers in Germany, France, England, and America, and 
only from those who have made specialties of particular 
classes of instruments. 

AFTERNOON LECTURES. 

In order to extend the advantages of the University to 
Tecent college graduates and to other educated persons resident 
in Baltimore and its vicinity, the Trustees have arranged that 
the various courses of Lectures announced by non-resident 
Lecturers, and also some of those by resident Professors, shall 
be given at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, from October 
to June. Two courses of lectures will often be in progress 
during the same month at different hours. These lectures will 
'be open not only to the members of the University, but also 
to others who desire to attend them. As these lectures are 
of an academic and not of -a popular character, persons who 
have not received an academic training will be expected to 
satisfy the authorities that they are qualified to profit by the 
courses they propose to follow. Ladies as well as gentlemen 
may attend. 

The fee for a course of twenty lectures will be five dollars ; 
for the entire series of the winter, thirty dollars — if paid in 
one sum. Tickets of admission will be requisite. 

It is not possible to indicate at present with certainty the 
order of lectures, but the following schedule will be adhered 
to as closely as may be. Particular announcements will be 
made from time to time in advance of each course. 



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Time of the Afternoon Lectures. 



Lecturer. 


No. 


Begin. 


End. 


Days. 


HOIR. 


I. GiLDERSLEEVE, 


20 


Oct. 


4. 


Nov. 


17. 


M. \Y. F. 


50'c. 


2. Rabillon, 


20 


Oct. 


5. 


Dec. 


12. 


Tu. Th. 


5 ' 




3. Newcomb, 


20 


Nov. 


3- 


Dec. 


18. 


M. W. F. 


4 ' 




4. Billings, . . 


ID 


Jan. 


3- 


Jan. 


16. 


Tu. Th. 


4 ' 




5. Oilman, . . 


10 


Jan. 


17. 


Jan. 


30- 


Daily.* 


4 ' 




6. Lowell, . . 


20 


Jan. 


31- 


Feb. 


27. 


Daily. 


5 ' 




7. Child, . . . 


20 


Jan. 


31- 


Feb. 


27. 


Daily. 


4 ' 




8. ^YHITNEY, 


20 


Mar. 


6. 


Apr. 


6. 


T. \Y. Th. F. 


5 ' 




9. HiLGARD, . . 


20 


Apr. 


9- 


May 


4. 


Daily. 


4 ' 




10. Walker, . . 


20 


Apr. 


9- 


May 


4. 


Daily. 


5 ' 




II. COOLEY, . . 


20 


May 


7- 


June 


I. 


Dailv. 


4 ' 




12. Mallet, . . 




May 


10. 










13. Rem SEN, . . 


12 


May 


7 


June 


I. 


M. W. F. 


5 ' 





* I. t. except ISaturday and Sunday. 

N. B. This schedule is preliminary. Persons interested in 
any particular course should inform themselves by inquiry at 
the University as to the time finally appointed for its delivery. 



SUBJECTS. 

1. Dr. JOHN S. BILLINOS, of the Surgeon General's 

Office, U. S. A., Washington, 
Will deliver not less than ten lectures, during the month 
of January, on " The History of Medicine.''^ This course will 
be continued in the following winter. 

2. Professor FRANCIS J. CPIILD, Ph. D., of Harvard 

University, 
Will lecture daily, during the month of February, on '^Chaucer.''' 
Will be accessible daily, during the same period, to students' 

who desire to consult him in respect to special studies in 

English Philology. 



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3. Professor THOMAS M. COOLEY, LL. D., of the 

University of Michigan, 
Will deliver a course of twenty lectures, in ^lay, on " Torts ; 
or the Wrongs, ijidependent of Contracts, for rohich the Laic 
prozides a private remedy.'''^ 

4. Professor BASIL L. GILDERSLEEVE, Ph. D., LL. D., 

late of the University of Virginia, 

Will lecture during the months of October and November, 
thrice every week, on '• Greek Lyric Poetry.'^ 

5. President DANIEL C. OILMAN, LL. D., 

W^ill lecture in January to the Associates and Fellows, on 
■" The Modern Development of Uuizersity Education^ especially 
li'dth reference to the present condition of this courdryy 

6. Professor JULIUS E. HILGARU, of the U. S. Coast 

Survey, Washington, President of the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science. 
Will deliver twenty lectures, commencing in April, on '• The 
Methods and Results of extended Territo7'ial Surveys carried on 
in America and in Europey 

7. Professor JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, D. C. L., 

LL. D., OF Harvard University, 
Will lecture daily, during the month of February, on ''Dante.'^ 
This course, with '- Dajite" as a central theme, will discuss 
" The Literature of the Rojuance Languages during the thir- 
teenth and fourteenth centuries.'^ 

S. Professor JOHN W. MALLET, Ph. D., LL. D., of 
THE University of Virginia, 
Will deliver a course of twenty lectures, commencing in Mav, 
on " T/.e IVaste Products of Chendcal Manufacture.'' 

9. Professor SIMON NEWCOME, Ph. D., LL. D., of the 
U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, 
Will deliver twenty lectures in November and December, 
(two or three weekly,) on " The History of Astronof?iy.'' 



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10. Professor LEONCE RABILLON, of Baltimore, Bach- 

ELIER ES LeTTRES ET LlCENCIK EN DROIT, UNIVER- 
SITY OF France, 
Will give twenty lectures, (in French,) commencing in Oc- 
tober, on " The French Literature of the seventeeiith and eigh- 
teenth xentiiries^ with ilhistrations front authors.''' 

11. Professor REMSEN, M. D., Ph. D., 

Will give twelve lectures in May, on General Chemistry. 

12. Professor FRANCIS A. WALKER, Ph. D., late Su- 

perintendent OF THE U. S. Census, now of the 
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College. 
Will deliver twenty lectures, in April, on "■ The application 

of Statistics to Vital and Social Science and their Graphic 

Illustration.^'' 

13. Professor WILLIAM U. WHITNEY, Ph. D., LL. D., 

OF Yale College, 

Will deliver twenty lectures, in March and April, on topics 
in Comparative Philology. 

His course for 1876-7 will be on ^'tJie Historical Develop- 
ment of the Inflective Structure of Indo-European Langu^yge.'''' 
The second course, in 1877-8, probably on "//^ Sanskrit Lite- 
rature f' and the third, in 1878-9, on 'Hhe Asiatic Religions.'''' 

IN RESPECT TO THE ADMISSION OF SCHOLARS. 

Three classes of students will be received: — 

A. Matriculants^ or candidates for a degree. 

B. A'oji-niatriculants, not candidates for a degree, and 

devoted to a specialty, like Chemistry, Biology, 
Mathematics, &c. 

C. Attendants zipon separate courses of lectures, whose 

names will not be enrolled among the students 
of the University. 



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Students in any of these groups must satisfy the authorities 
that they are mature enough in age, character, and acquisi- 
tions, to pursue with advantage the special advanced instruc- 
tions here provided. 

To persons at a distance, blank forms of application for 
admission will be forwarded, upon the return of which they 
will be advised as to the probability of their admission. 

If the authorities are satisfied in respect to the maturity 
of the candidate, he will be required to pass a special exami- 
nation in the branches of literature and science which he 
has hitherto studied, and his place in the University courses 
will be determined by the result of this examination. A 
candidate may be admitted who is far advanced in one sub- 
ject and less prepared in another. 

Prior to January, 1877, no distinction will be made between 
the matriculants and the non-matriculants. In October the 
terms of matriculation will be announced, and in January the 
first matriculation will take place. In future years the exami- 
nation for matriculation will take place at the beginning of 
the academic year. 

Matriculated students will have a right to all the privileges 
of the University, and especially to compete for its degrees, 
honors, and prizes. Non-matriculated students will be ad- 
mitted only to such privileges as pertain to the special depart- 
ments vrhich they enter. 

The diplomas and certificates of institutions which are 
known to maintain a high standard of scholarship, will have 
weight with the examiners, but will not be decisive. 

Attendants upon lectures will not be examined, but they 
must satisfy the authorities that they are in earnest in the 
prosecution of the particular study they take up. 

Candidates should not be less than seventeen years of age. 
Special facilities for study are afforded to graduates of col- 
leges and other advanced students. 



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SCHOLARSHIPS. 



In accordance with the request of the founder of the Uni- 
versity, TWENTY scholarships, called the "Hopkins Scholar- 
ships," freeing the holders from charges for tuition, will be 
opened at the commencement of the University, to young 
men who need this assistance. Probably an equal number 
of scholarships will be annually bestowed. 

The scholarships will be distributed among such candidates 
"from the States of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, 
as may be most deserving of choice, because of their char- 
acter and intellectual promise." 

No publicity will be given to names of those who are 
appointed or rejected, but a private announcement will be 
sent to each successful candidate. 

These scholarships may be held for four years ; but are 
liable to be forfeited because of deficiency in scholarship, or 
of unw^orthy conduct. 

The holders of these scholarships will not be exempted 
from the special charges usually made in laboratories for 
materials, etc., or from payments for special personal in- 
struction in case it is required. 

The regulations for appointments in future years will not 
be decided at present. 

Five scholarships, to be known as the "University wScholar- 
ships," freeing the holders from charges for tuition, will be 
awarded to those candidates who shall pass the best com- 
petitive examination on the studies requisite for admission 
to the University. These scholarships shall be open to 
young men from any part of the country ; and may be held 
for four years, provided that the holders continue to give 
evidence which is satisfactory to the Faculty of their high 
scholarship and honorable character. The names of the suc- 
cessful competitors will be publicly announced. 



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FELLOWSHIPS. 

One of the most distinctive features of this foundation, is 
the extent to which the system of Fellowships for graduate 
scholars has been carried. 

In April, 1876, the Trustees of the Johns Hopkins Univer- 
sity, wishing to extend the advantages of the foundation to 
graduates of colleges and advanced scholars from any place, 
offered ten Fellowships or Graduate Scholarships, yielding 
$500 a year and renewable, to be bestowed for excellence in 
any of the following subjects : ■ 

Philology, Mathematics, 

Literature, Engineering, 

History, Physics, 

Ethics and Metaphysics, Chemistry, 

Political Science, Natural History. 

The offer was made in the following terms : 

Conditions. 

The object of this foundation is to give to scholars of 
promise the opportunity to prosecute further studies, under 
favorable circumstances, and likewise to open a career for 
those wdio propose to follow the pursuit of literature or 
science. The University expects to be benefited by their 
presence and influence, and by their occasional services ; from 
among the number it hopes to secure some of its permanent 
teachers. 

1. The applications must be made in writing prior to June 
I, 1876. The decision of the Trustees wdll doubtless be 
made within a few days subsequently. 

2. The candidates must give evidence of a liberal education 
(such as the diploma of a college of good repute) ; of decided 
proclivity toward a special line of study (such as an example 



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of some scientific or literary work already performed) ; and 
of upright character (such as a testimonial from some in- 
structor ) 

3. The value of each Fellowship will be five hundred dol- 
lars, payable in three sums, viz: $100, October i; ^200, 
January i ; $200, June i. In case of resignation, promotion, 
or other withdrawal from the fellowship, paym.ents will be 
made for the time during which the office may have been 
actually held. 

4. Every holder of a Fellowship will be expected to render 
some services to the institution as an Examiner, to give all 
his influence for the promotion of scholarship and good order, 
and in general to co-operate in upholding the efficiency of the 
University, as circumstances may suggest. He must reside in 
Baltimore during the academic year. 

5. He will be expected to devote his time to the prosecu- 
tion of special study, (not professional,) with the approval of 
the President, and before the close of the year, to give evi- 
dence of progress by the preparation of a thesis, the com- 
pletion of a research, the delivery of a lecture, or by some 
other method. 

6. He may give instruction, with the approval of the Presi- 
dent, by lectures or otherwise, to persons connected with the 
University, — but he may not engage in teaching elsewhere. 

7. He may be re-appointed at the end of the year. 

8. These regulations are prescribed for the first year only. 



Out of one hundred and fifty-two applications, one hundred 
and seven eligible candidates were selected, comprising gradu- 
ates from forty-six different colleges, viz : Alabama, Amherst, 
Arcadia, Baltimore City College, Bowdoin, College of the City 
of New York, Columbia, Concordia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Dela- 
ware, Dickinson, Dublin University, (Ireland,) Earlham, George- 
town, Hamilton, Harvard, Haverford, Hiawasse, Iowa, Lafay- 



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ette, Mass. Institute of Technology, McGee, (Ireland,) Mercer 
University," Muskingum, North Western University, Pennsyl- 
vania, Princeton, Randolph Macon, Richmond, Rutgers, Ste- 
vens Institute, St. Johns, Union, University of California, 
University of Guttingen, (Germany,) University of Heidelberg, 
(Germany.) University of Maryland, University of Michigan, 
University of the South, University of Virginia, Washington 
and Lee, Wesleyan College, Wesleyan University, Williams, 
Yale. These applications were referred Jto Specialists in each 
department, who examined carefully the claims of each candi- 
date and reported to the Trustees the persons worthy of re- 
ceiving the appointment. 

Having found it difficult to -decide upon ten, w^hen so many 
advanced students had presented themselves, the Trustees 
appointed twenty Fellows, whose names are given on a pre- 
vious page. 



UiNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS. 

1. Act of Incorporation, By-Laws, and Extracts from the Will 

of Johns Hopkins. 1874. 15 pages, 8°. 

2. First Annual Report of the Johns Hopkins University. 

January, 1876. 33 pages, 8°. 

3. Inaugural Addresses by President Eliot of Harvard Uni- 

versity and President Gilman of Johns Hopkins Uni- 
versity. February 22, 1876. 64 pages, 8°. 

4. Official Circulars of the Johns Hopkins University. Nos. 

I, 2, 3, 4, (to be continued.) 28 pages, 12°. 



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